Download Planet Earth Review # 2

Planet Earth Review # 2
Golby / Goheen
When organisms are
preserved, in full or part, as
fossils, what are they
known as?
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Trace fossils
Moulds
Casts
Original remains
What term describes the
powdery mark left behind
when a mineral is scratched
along a piece of unglazed
porcelain?
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Anna is using a Mohs scale set of
minerals to test some rock
samples. Which would she find has
the greatest hardness value?
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Feldspar
Calcite
Diamond
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Which of the following minerals is
the softest on the Mohs Hardness
Scale?
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Soapstone
Feldspar
Talc
Shale
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What type of fossils form when
bones harden into a rock-like
substance?
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Moulds
Casts
Trace fossils
Petrified fossils
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Which of the following is an
example of sedimentary rock?
Sandstone
Shale
Conglomerate
Granite
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Which of the following is not an
example of metamorphic rock?
Diamond
Gneiss
Marble
Pumice
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Which of the following is not used
to identify minerals?
Crystal shape
Hardness
Cleavage
Clarity
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When a growing tree splits a rock,
this is called
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1. Wind erosion
2. Biological
weathering
3. Crop rotation
4. Mechanical
weathering
Amie is working on a project about
sedimentary rocks. Which should
she include?
Granite
Limestone
Feldspar
marble
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Which of the following is the best
example of chemical weathering?
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Frost wedging
Acid rain
Tree roots
landslides
Fr
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Crystals that form when magma
cools slowly are
Tiny
Invisible
Colourful
Large
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What is the name of the
supercontinent that formed over
200 million years ago?
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Pangaea
Rhodesia
Gondwanaland
Rhonda
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Which of the following is not
mechanical weathering?
Frost wedging
Gravity
Wind
Acid rain
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Rocks that break with smooth flat
edges have
Cleavage
Fracture
Clarity
Luster
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Frost wedging is caused by
1. Acid freezing on
rocks
2. Water and oxygen
3. Water freezing
and thawing
4. Rocks colliding
with each other
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When ocean and continent plates
collide, one of them is forced over
the other. This is called
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Conduction zone
Convection zone
Subduction zone
Subvection zone
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What is the upward or top section
of folded rock on a mountain called:
Anticline
Ridge
Syncline
Fault line
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As an engineer what type of
seismic wave should you be most
concerned about?
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Primary wave
Secondary wave
Surface wave
Tertiary wave
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The point in the earth’s interior
where the energy release of an
earthquake occurs is
Focus
Epicentre
Fault
Hot spot
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Which is the correct term for the
visible layers we see in soil?
Layering
Humus
Stratification
Soil profile
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The thinnest of all earth’s layers is
Inner core
Outer core
Crust
Upper mantle
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